Despite getting a heaping dose of Kyptonite from publisher Brash Entertainment, developer Factor 5's "large scale multi-platform project" still refuses to die. Is it *gasp* indestructible?

We're all curious as to how the rumored Kid Icarus game for the Wii will look like, but more importantly, how Pit will look like. It's lucky that we managed to come images were found in the web, labeled as Factor 5's concept art for the game. This much we'll tell you: the Pit they're working on - if the project is true, of course - is nothing like the Pit we all know and love. Check out the concept art in the full article.

We all know how fans took the lack of analog controls in 2007 PlayStation 3 exclusive Lair. Thankfully, Factor 5 announced in this year's GDC that an update is coming to address that issue. Looks like the devs are making good on that promise as an announcement was seen in the Japanese PlayStation site about it. Details in the full article.

Except for his appearance on the Wii's Virtual Console, Pit of Kid Icarus spent a very long vacation time away from the video game spotlight until his sudden and welcome appearance on Super Smash Bros. Brawl. But will he be a solo act again any time soon? According to a recent IGN podcast, the answer is "absolutely." More info in the full article.

Can't wait to get your next retro-gaming fix? If you're based in Europe or Australia, you won't have to wait very long since Factor 5's Mega Turrican should be arriving in your region soon via the Wii Virtual Console. To find out more about this game and its pricing, check out the full article.

Eight months after being spotted on the ESRB ratings page, Super Turrican has finally made its way to the North American Virtual Console service. Check out game details as well as pricing information in the full article.

If the SIXAXIS motion-sensing control scheme of Factor 5's Lair is bogging down your game, then you'd be glad to know that a patch to provide the player with an alternate control scheme is confirmed and incoming this quarter. Check out all the details in the full article, and get ready for some epic dragon-riding action that should be worth the purchase of a PlayStation 3.

Last month, Factor 5 (the studio that gave us Lair for the PS3) announced that they'll be releasing a new title for the Wii. Factor 5 president Julian Eggebrecht refused to reveal anything more than that, but at DICE 2008 he finally decided to reveal some new information. Like what Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader did for the GameCube, this mystery game will reportedly push the Wii to its limits. Read more in the full article.

Many gamers and critics may have had a hard time with Lair's controls, and Factor 5 definitely noticed the complaints about the game's control scheme. So is it possible that they may send a out a fix for Lair's motion sensing controls or - even better - release an entirely new optional control scheme? Read the full article to judge for yourself.

There are video game awards, and then there are video game awards. This particular video game awards feature is probably of the latter, but with a lot of good-natured irreverence thrown into the mix. While it would have been easier for us to just make an article about our favorite games (and we did), we felt that the gaming year of 2007 had a lot to offer, and thus we're giving credit (and blame) where it's due.

Check out the winners in the full article.

Originally posted on January 21, 2008 at 1:14 PM.